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Sunil Kumar

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A versatile and multifaceted personality, Sunil Kumar is a postgraduate from the University of Westminster, London. In creative terms his achievements span multiple fields.

His book 'Existential Angst'(Jaico,1999), an anthology of poetry is catalogued in the British Council Sussex, the US South Asian Literature List and is available on Amazon.Critics have praised it as philosophical and thought provoking. He has also authored Surreal City(2012), a work of fiction and a poignant tale spanning generations that takes readers on a journey through time and space. The noted poet Nissim Ezekiel made him a member of the P. E. N. ( India) chapter at a very young age. Contributed a short story to Indica's 'Shared Roots' Anthology based on the millenni ...more

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Average rating: 4.4 · 10 ratings · 5 reviews · 3 distinct works

	Shared Roots: Tales from the Indosphere by Ratul Chakraborty (Goodreads Author) (Curator), Srivalli Rekha (Semi-Hiatus) (Goodreads Author), Kavita Krishna Meegama 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Surreal City 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Existential Angst it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Soho Vanishing
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At its heart, The Soho Vanishing was born from an obsession—the kind that lingers in old books, shadowy theatres, and whispered conversations with ghosts of the past. My love for British literature, history and cinema, alongside years in journalism, taught me to chase mysteries hiding in plain sight. From castles and forts to the sto Read more of this blog post »

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Sunil Kumar shared a quote “The other day I saw in an evening paper that Indians were called “invertebrates”. Rather good that, isn’t it? The Saturday Review, by the by, made a very wise remark a few weeks ago. It said that Indians were bound to have self-government but, — and herein lies the difficulty — not before a few aeons of geological time ! This may mean anything between a few million years and a wholly incomprehensible period. The chief difficulty was the want of education, and some million generations will be required to educate them up to the colonial standard” Jawaharlal Nehru
Dec 03, 2025 05:46AM · like · more quotes by Jawaharlal Nehru
Sunil Kumar rated a book really liked it You are the Supreme Light': Life Lessons from Adi Sankara by Nanditha Krishna	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Sunil Kumar has read Surya (Amar Chitra Katha) by Anant Pai (2003-12-31) by Mayah Balse	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Sunil Kumar has read Hindutva and Hind Swaraj: History’s Unforgotten Ideas by Makarand R Paranjape	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Sunil Kumar has read The Essential Katha-sarit-sagara by A.R. Krishnashastri	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Amazing read. Appreciate the scholarly translation.
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Sunil Kumar shared a quote “As Romain Rolland summed it up, ‘The Indian nationalist movement smouldered for a long time until Vivekananda’s breath blew the ashes into flame, and erupted violently three years after his death in 1905.’²” Makarand Paranjape
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Sunil Kumar shared a quote “Real communication occurs, and this evaluative tendency is avoided, when we listen with understanding. What does this mean? It means to see the expressed idea and attitude from the other person’s point of view, to sense how it feels to him, to achieve his frame of reference in regard to the thing he is talking about. Stated so briefly, this may sound absurdly simple, but it is not.” Sunil Kumar
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Sunil Kumar has read Blood & Brown Sugar by L.A. Nolan (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Sunil Kumar has read Being Different: An Indian Challenge to Western Universalism by Rajiv Malhotra	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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